diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index caabf7e2..9f41d4fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   
-    <junit-version>3.8.2</junit-version>
+    <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
     <protobuf-version>2.3.0</protobuf-version>
     <jackson-version>1.9.13</jackson-version>
     <woodstox-version>4.1.3</woodstox-version>